Ryan Edwards and Mackenzie Edwards (neé Standifer) will no longer be part of Teen Mother OG. The MTV celebrities were let go from the series, along with Edwards' parents, Larry and Jen Edwards, Us Weekly supports.
On Wednesday, March 24, Mackenzie, 24, claimed that Maci Bookout got the family fired out of the show so that it could focus more on her. The pair share 12-year-old son Bentley but have both remarried -- Mackenzie and Ryan tied the knot in 2017 and discuss son Jagger, 2, and daughter Stella, 14 months, while Bookout married Taylor McKinney in 2016 and shares daughter Jayde, 5, and son Maverick, 4, together with him.
"Nothing occurred, nothing. We just got a call yesterday from [producers] Morgan [J. Freeman] and Larry [Musnik] in MTV," Mackenzie told with no Crystal Ball on Wednesday. "Maci's representative went above their heads and proceeded to Viacom and stated that they needed to concentrate on all Maci's abilities and whatever she does and we took up the time on the show that she could be using to show everything."
The reality star explained that Ryan's parents, Jen and Larry, were fired or"put on the negative" first, then she and Ryan were cut as well.
"They said that when [Maci] didn't fulfill her obligations or, like, essentially didn't have sufficient content that they call us " Mackenzie continued. "Ryan was like,'Do not. We're gonna move on. We're gont live our own lives. We are gonna do our jobs and, you know, have a normal life. Like, do not waste your time or your breath coming .'"
The occasion planner also noted during the interview that the producers told them that they might"read between the lines" and see that this might be from"retaliation" on Bookout and McKinney's side after McKinney got into a debate with Ryan's parents.
"It's simply more of an upset, I am gonna reveal who is boss-type of bargain," Mackenzie said. "The truth is the matter is, she calls the shots . This is her display. It is what it is. It is nice."
She stated that she's somewhat"relieved" to be done on the series. "It's almost, like, a weight lifted off of my shoulders," she shared. "I deserve to feel great about myself, I deserve not to be riddled with anxiety all the time."
The Bulletproof writer and her ex-fiancé have experienced lots of ups in downs because their 2010 split. In 2018, she, McKinney and their children took a two-year controlling order against Ryan, which has ended, after allegedly receiving threatening messages. They have since communicated through Ryan's parents that Bentley nevertheless spends time with his dad.
